Jess Figueras
@jessfigueras.bsky.social
Cybersecurity, data, risk & governance, civil society. Co-founder @ Cyber Governance for Boards (CxB). Governor @ University of Westminster
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Easily the most thoughtful take on AI in education I’ve read
Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Easily the most thoughtful take on AI in education I’ve read
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Encountered quite a convincing scam tonight.
Nice Geordie lady called, apparently from my credit card company - flagging suspicious activity and asking me about transactions and logins that sounded off. Nice and detailed, professional tone. She read me the last 4 digits of my card number.
Nice Geordie lady called, apparently from my credit card company - flagging suspicious activity and asking me about transactions and logins that sounded off. Nice and detailed, professional tone. She read me the last 4 digits of my card number.
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Encountered quite a convincing scam tonight.
Nice Geordie lady called, apparently from my credit card company - flagging suspicious activity and asking me about transactions and logins that sounded off. Nice and detailed, professional tone. She read me the last 4 digits of my card number.
Nice Geordie lady called, apparently from my credit card company - flagging suspicious activity and asking me about transactions and logins that sounded off. Nice and detailed, professional tone. She read me the last 4 digits of my card number.
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky
May 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky
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Chairing #whitehallgovsec again today. Stuart Frost observes that organisations’ lack of action on supply chain security means we’ve accepted the risk without even knowing anything about it
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Chairing #whitehallgovsec again today. Stuart Frost observes that organisations’ lack of action on supply chain security means we’ve accepted the risk without even knowing anything about it
Get off social media and do more of this sort of thing. The world would be a better place if we did
Spent the day following a walking hedge. Bristol Jack in the Green, innit..!
May 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Get off social media and do more of this sort of thing. The world would be a better place if we did
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR).
April 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR).
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March 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Mitigate this risk by not owning one
March 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mitigate this risk by not owning one
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A Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western AI tools with Russian propaganda: AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, xAI’s Grok, Mistral’s le Chat, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, & Perplexity’s answer engine have been affected. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western AI tools with Russian propaganda: AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, xAI’s Grok, Mistral’s le Chat, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, & Perplexity’s answer engine have been affected. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
Trying to solve the wrong problem can have really terrible consequences
Check out my latest article: Queues, not demand are the biggest problem in NHS A&E departments www.linkedin.com/pulse/queues...
Queues, not demand are the biggest problem in NHS A&E departments
A&Es are crowded. But not because too many people are attending them.
www.linkedin.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Trying to solve the wrong problem can have really terrible consequences
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Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks.
We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.
We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.
February 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks.
We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.
We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.
Turns out that tech is geopolitics
February 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Turns out that tech is geopolitics
I've absolutely had it with LinkedIn
February 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I've absolutely had it with LinkedIn
More good things!
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More good things!
Good things 👇
Please now can we finally stop the 15 year old arguments about ID and data sharing
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please now can we finally stop the 15 year old arguments about ID and data sharing
www.gov.uk/government/p...
January 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Good things 👇
Please now can we finally stop the 15 year old arguments about ID and data sharing
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please now can we finally stop the 15 year old arguments about ID and data sharing
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Fantastic
This might end up being one of the most significant and long-lasting consultations the British government ever runs.
Use of computer evidence in court to be interrogated
The role of computer evidence in the criminal justice system will be examined through a call for evidence to prevent future miscarriages of justice.
www.gov.uk
January 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fantastic
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"Payouts by private companies will have to be reported to the government and could be blocked if they are made to sanctioned groups or foreign states. Reporting ransomware attacks will also be made mandatory if the proposals become law."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments
Prohibition would bring the NHS, schools and local councils into line with government departments
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Payouts by private companies will have to be reported to the government and could be blocked if they are made to sanctioned groups or foreign states. Reporting ransomware attacks will also be made mandatory if the proposals become law."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Testing my new wheels by taking the double bass for a festive run round the block
December 25, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Testing my new wheels by taking the double bass for a festive run round the block
A machine to cure cancer? Right.
December 15, 2024 at 9:33 AM
A machine to cure cancer? Right.
That is a lot of limbs
December 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
That is a lot of limbs
This is a disaster. And from the tech industry and its users, deafening silence.
December 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
This is a disaster. And from the tech industry and its users, deafening silence.